Lagerald Vick entered the 2018 NBA Draft but eventually withdrew -- and yet nobody, Bill Self included, thought, at the time, that he'd end up returning to Kansas. But he did. And the 6-foot-5 guard is already contributing in a big way. He got a game-high 32 points on just 14 shots in Monday's 84-68 win over Vermont.

He was 12-of-14 from the field.

He was 8-of-8 from 3-point range.

"He was so good — and he carried us," Self said. "It was a good win. We'll take it."

Vick's explosion is the latest example of KU turning a sub-75 guard into a player who can be a go-to player for a program that's won 14 straight Big 12 regular-season titles. In recent years, there's been Frank Mason — who was ranked 118th in the Class of 2013 before becoming the 2017 CBS Sports National Player of the Year. Then there was Devonte Graham — who was ranked 99th in the Class of 2014 before becoming the 2018 Big 12 Player of the Year. And now there's Vick — who was ranked 81st in the Class of 2015 before scoring 32 in the second game of his senior season.

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Gary Parrish is an award-winning college basketball columnist and television analyst for CBS Sports who also hosts the highest-rated afternoon drive radio show in Memphis, where he lives with his wife...
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